5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOCUM

LOCUM is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkəm/

Noun

Ellipsis of locum tenens.

Noun

A period working as a locum tenens.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How LOCUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOCUM as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,314 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___M L in the 1st position and M in the 5th position L__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAISE TRONE STANE TRACE RANSE
Words starting with L Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOCUM performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,314 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOCUM ranks #6,314 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
21%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
261
191
153
151
111
84
64
61
44
42
39
38
31
29
27
26
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOCUM:

26% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

26.1% →
TARSE 6.37 bits
11.1% →
RAISE 5.41 bits
8.1% →
TRONE 5.47 bits
6.5% →
STANE 5.32 bits
6.4% →
TRACE 5.69 bits
4.7% →
RANSE 4.67 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.31 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.06 bits
2.6% →
ALOSE 4.23 bits
1.9% →
CLEAN 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for LOCUM; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

L1O1C3U1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.